I have a Dell Poweredge 2650 running ESXi 3.5. I have 5 Windows 2003 Enterprise VM's running. I would like to be able to run Dell's Openmanage Server Administrator on it so I can monitor the same information I do on the other 2650 running as a physical server. Does anyone know how to get it to run on ESXi?

Luckily I was using new hardware so added a DRAC to the spec which meant that I could monitor components such as the PSU's CPU's etc.

Unfortunately the DRAC doesn't allow monitoring of any storage systems so I have to rely on the servers front panel for information. I'll have a look at the links George1421 posted to see if they work for me.

ESXi does include built in hardware monitoring that should suffice for most functions of OpenManage. (Unless that was not a feature in 3.5....) It won't let you know when your raid controller firmware is out of date but it will monitor the basics. Look for the hardware status tab when you click on your host inside vSphere.

ESXi does include built in hardware monitoring that should suffice for most functions of OpenManage. (Unless that was not a feature in 3.5....) It won't let you know when your raid controller firmware is out of date but it will monitor the basics. Look for the hardware status tab when you click on your host inside vSphere.

This was released with ESXi v4.0. But I believe it is no longer supported or available. But there was flavors for Dell and IBM servers with the management software already in the image.

I don't know whether or not this works on 3.5. I haven't used that version in a couple years now, and I'd highly recommend upgrading.

This *DOES* work with versions 4.1 and 5.0 when the VIBs are installed. There is no webserver embedded like with the installed classic versions. You have to use another machine as a jump box to access the ESXi machine. You open the OMSA page on the jump box, click "Manage Remote Node" at the bottom of the page, and then plug in the name/IP of the ESXi host and off you go.

3.5 is that latest version that works on the Dell 2650, the customized version does not. I did find some of the information I wanted through the drac.

Oh and yes, PE2650 wow is right, but I got them for free. I now know why that model didn't stick around that long. There are 2 versions of the 2650, a 400 mhz front side bus and 533 mhz and the thing has no vx extensions so it's use as a virtual host is limited, but it works for what I need . . . mostly.

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